NHL 2012-13 - Half Season Thread

Merrith

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They better be giving ol' Hank a handjob. That could of got ugly.

And lol at that 6 man on ice penalty 30 secs in. Torts gonna ream them.
Yeah that TMM penalty was pretty bad. It wasn't even a guy getting caught near the bench too they were all on the rush.
 

Merrith

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Elurin, Habs did kind fall off a bit towards end of the regular season. I still expect them to pull out that series, but it'll be a weird one.
 

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Holy shit, that was a LOT of blood.

Edit: Also, the penalty kill the Habs had prior to the goal was fucking beautiful. So their passing has been shit, but everything else has been looking good (they've hardly lost a faceoff it seems).
 

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It's been a long time since I saw that much blood. I hope it looks worse then it is.
 

Merrith

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Man Caps look like shit now. Too cute on the passing. Just get bodies to the net and stop trying to set up the perfect chance.
 

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Shut up Merrith
Our PP's before the Ovechkin goal did look like shit. Look how that one worked out, just have Green blast one from the point and get some bodies in tight. Lundy falling apart, I thought we were in trouble after refs handed you guys the 5 on 3 giving Fehr an extra minor. We just took another penalty to give you a shot to cut the lead before end of the period too.
 

Merrith

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It's nice that Ovechkin should have had 2 or 3 different assists on that PP, but he might as well just fire it himself if other guys are going to waste those chances...good lord. Every time Mike Green fires a shot directly into a defenders shins I want to murder him.
 

Merrith

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Sloppy...left waaay too many chances out there. I really think Hillen/Erskine/Oleksy as the back end of our D is going to get exposed by the Rags' forward depth at some point too. I'll take it though...if only Erskine would stop scoring own goals.
 

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Really frustrating loss. Rangers came alive in the second and maintained decent pressure throughout but stupid penalties and a minor lapse in Lundquist in the second cost us. He should of had those last 2.

Hagalin had two great chances with that breakaway and that one timer that hit crossbar. Moore was straight up robbed late in the third. No way that puck didn't cross the line, get better/more camera angles around the net ffs.

Yes i'm bitter.
 

Merrith

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Really frustrating loss. Rangers came alive in the second and maintained decent pressure throughout but stupid penalties and a minor lapse in Lundquist in the second cost us. He should of had those last 2.

Hagalin had two great chances with that breakaway and that one timer that hit crossbar. Moore was straight up robbed late in the third. No way that puck didn't cross the line, get better/more camera angles around the net ffs.

Yes i'm bitter.
I actually don't think it ever crossed, I think it was stuck between his body and the post as it was just laying on his jersey/hip area that was locked against the post on the one camera angle Comcast had (local feed here). Impossible to really tell though due to lack of good angles.

I wish the refs would have let some more stuff go in general. We took plenty of dumb penalties ourselves. No idea how we didn't bury some of the other chances we left wanting, especially on that PP in the 3rd. Ridiculous not to pot one with all the chances we had on that.

Was a weird game in a lot of ways, I think the layoff affected both teams, expect Saturday for both teams to be a lot cleaner in their play overall.

Araysar I don't understand how we won a game against a non Southeast team. Please stop letting Harding take you to OT okay?
 

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Still a lot of game left but Detroit is alive and kicking. Nice to see them playing at the level they are capable of playing.
 

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Detroit was living in a game 7 mentality for the last two weeks of the season, being down 1 game wasn't going to phase them.
 

Delly

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Damn this game just got really interesting! Glad to see the Ducks did not get discouraged after being down.
 

Merrith

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Wings almost blew that game, but get it done in the end. Just like a Boudreau team to have a monster comeback but blow it in the end. I did pick Ducks in 7.
 

Merrith

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Whats with all the fucking penalties? This is the playoffs! Let them play hockey! This isnt basketball!
This. There were some soft calls both ways in the Caps/Rags game tonight. Next game it'll be the knee jerk reaction the other way too and they won't call anything short of murder now.